Pink Lady: Hello Monday and Hello Weekend of Dances!

Hi Friends and Happy Monday! I am here with Sarah and we are chatting about our weekends. If you did too, link up with us below!

Here is what our beautiful and busy spring weekend looked like...

Friday Night

It was time for Eva's last school dance at Center and she wanted to do the same thing we did last year. She hosted her besties for dinner, snacks and getting ready together. That is half the fun right? The girls were just wild.

After pizza and snacks and getting ready, us moms were able to harness them enough for a few pics

Rob brought them to the dance and true to fashion, they screamed and sang for the entire ride. Last year, they said the dance was boring and they had more fun getting ready together. This year, they had a blast. So happy to hear that! Last dance at Center...these girls are heading up to the middle school in the fall- pray for me ;)

Saturday

After Friday Night, it was all about Diana's Senior Prom...ahh!

First things first, we hosted the "Prom Breakfast" for her besties and their Mamas.

We had such a lovely time. Everyone brought something which made it super easy for me. We had an awesome spread and it was great to catch up, have some laughs and watch the girls living their best lives.

They were all sporting the silk pjs we got them and we were able to get some great pics!

I had these cookies made for the girls, by a woman on Etsy- they came out adorable!

and Janie sent us a beautiful arrangement to use as a centerpiece- she is one in a million!

I put this photo backdrop together with items I scored on TikTok and the banner I had made online with the help of Chatgpt and then had it printed at Staples :)

The Girls and Their Mamas

Time to eat!

We enjoyed breakfast sliders, candy bacon, fruit, yogurt parfaits, hash browns, coffee cake, muffins, coffee, Alanis for the Girls and Mimosas for the Mamas.

Also, Juli brought this beautiful cake from Sugar N Spice!

This was pretty much wrapped up in an hour, then the girls all needed to scatter for hair appointments, etc.

Snapped a quick pic of Diana's bouquet. The girls had made their bouquets at Kendall's house on Thursday night :)

Then it was time for her to get ready and I reset for our next round of prom guests.

I sent this pic to my fam, too, with the caption

"It's Prom Bitches"

We howled ;)

When our guests arrived, we were able to enjoy a cocktail and some snacks together before the pictures began.

I only snapped one pic of the food all day- oh well

and Rob wanted a selfie before the day got crazy

We had a little dress crisis...Diana learned that having the train down on her dress, made it impossible for her to walk. She was going to keep the train down for pictures then bustle it up for the actual prom. She couldn't even walk. So I said, no problem, I will bustle it up for you now. Well the crisis came when I couldn't find the loop/hook for the bustle. She was getting more and more stressed and our guests started arriving- eek!

It then took the "Dream Team" of Janie and Holly. I got down on the floor and really focused and Janie helped me hold the dress up until I could get it hooked. Took a solid 5 minutes but we did it! I had also texted our amazing seamstress and she was ready to come on over to help us but I was so happy to text her and tell her we did it! Janie and I had a laugh because she has been with me for all of the ups and downs and we get alot done together at work so we said our "dream team" transferred over to our personal lives- ha!

The finished product

With Uncle Matt

With Jess, Janie and Lea

With Janie :)

With Papa Bob

With Mimi and Papa Pete

With Mum and Dad

Then her date arrived. Friends? This was really special and not the original plan. After a heart break and her date backing out on her, Lea's son Brooks swooped in to the save the day. He ended up being the BEST date and we truly believe that things do happen for a reason. These two have known each other since they were little and they have been great friends along the way. Diana had a blast with Brooks. He was so sweet from the moment he arrived to pick her up...my heart was squished!

The weather could not have been more perfect- we were grateful! (especially considering it snowed for junior prom last year- ha!)

Such a special memory that Lea and I will have forever

Then it was time for us to head to Diana's friend Ricky's house for more pictures. His mom went all out. Several of us contributed food and her decorations were just gorgeous. She hosted 67 kids and their parents- there were over 100 people there- it was wild and so so fun.

Then it was time to head up to the high school for the Grand March! This is a beautiful tradition that WHS does for the Senior Students going to prom. They announce them and their dates down a Red Carpet- so much fun to see everyone dressed up!

I had more besties join us there which was such a blast- truly felt the love!

I snapped pics of friends' kids for them...loved seeing these kids all decked out...it was surreal...seems like they were just at Golden Brook yesterday :/

Then it was Brooks and Diana's turn!

My favorite pic taken by a student photographer who always captures the magic

Live...from the Red Carpet

At the end of the march, Diana hopped in Brooks' car and they took off for the prom but not before she sent me the best text. "Love you so much-we made it." What a relief after a very difficult two weeks. I will treasure that text forever. Love my girl.

After the march, we headed back home and enjoyed time with our besties. When they all left, the Aruba Mamas got there. It was an endless party for sure! So grateful to have met these wonderful women. It has been so helpful sharing senior year with them.

Eva was at her besties birthday sleepover- they enjoyed a hibachi dinner then dessert and matching pjs- so cute!

When Diana got home, she regaled us with tales from the prom...some drama, etc. Their after prom plans changed three times. We almost hosted her friends after but at the last minute, they went over to their friend Matt's house. I was relieved. I needed my bed so bad!

We went to bed so grateful and relieved.

Sunday

I tried to sleep in. I really did but my body just goes goes goes. So...I was up and at 'em. Rob and Eva headed up North to Maine for a Softball Clinic.

I enjoyed my tea and pouring through pictures as well as cleaning up.

When Diana got home, she asked to go to Starbucks. Even though I was heading to mass, I decided to go with her because these times are precious. She filled me in on all of the "tea." We drove with the top down and just appreciated this amazing weekend.

When we got home, she got ready to head out for her next adventure. The entire friend group, which they have now dubbed "Jimmy Woods" was headed up to Maddy's Beach House so they could enjoy the beach on Sunday AND Monday which is "Senior Skip Day."

The boys friend group was named "Ben Hollister" back in middle school. The girls, who formed their group this year, just called themselves "The Aruba Girls." Now that they all hang out together- roughly 35 of them- they now have a new name after meeting some dude in Aruba. Diana changes his last name sometimes to Choo but I think it is funny nonetheless.

Got a quick pic of some of the girls at the beach yesterday- living their best lives these kids!

I headed out to the rail trail for an amazing walk in such perfect weather! I walked over four miles and it felt great to start to detox my body for sure!

After that, I ran to the tea shop for a 2nd tea and asked them to add extra hydration and the tea they made me was fabulous with tons of electrolytes in it!